Improvement in crupper-fastenings



i A. MEHARR'Y. CRUPPER FASTENINGS. N o 184,647 Patented Nov. 21, 18746.

' ATTORNEYS THEGHAPHIC (I0-FLY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

.ALEXANDER MEHARRY, OF LA FAYETTE, INDIANA.

IMPROVEMENT IN CRUPPE-R-FASTENINGS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 184,647, dated November 21, 1876; application led May 20, 1576. f

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ALEXANDER MEHARRY,

of La Fayette, in the. county of'lippecanoe and State of Indiana, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in @flipper-Fastener; and l do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference heilig had to the annexed drawings, making apart of this specification, and tothe letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of my crupper-fastener applied, and Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Figs. 3, 4, and.5 are detail views of the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in crupper-fasteners for horse-harness; and consists in a novel fastening device for connecting the crupper to the hack-band and permitting the same to be easily disconnected therefrom. Heretofore the connection in such cases has been made by a buckle or analogous iastening; but this method is open to objections.

Areprcsents the backband of ordinary construction, of which the crupper B may form a part, or it may he attached thereto in any of the usual ways for fastening leather straps. The rear end of the back-band A is protected by a metallic casing, C, which is riveted thereto. This casing is in the form of an oblong plate, with the ends folded back over the end of the back-band A. The curved front surface of the casing C which is thus presented is cut away in two places. One of these excisions, a, allows the passage of the crupper-strap. The other, b, is the shank-entrance to a T-shaped slot cut in the upper surface of the casing. On the free end of the crupper is pivoted a T-shaped head, D, of metal, designed to engage with the T-shaped slot above mentioned, and provided with an obliquely-bent end, c, for facilitating such engagement and locking the parts, except when upward draft is applied.

The operation of this device is apparent. A sin gle motion suffices to connect or disconnect, While the parts remain firmly attached under ordinary circumstances. The pivoting ot' the T-shaped head enables it to he turned down behind the strap out of the way. The T- shaped head may be attached to the end of the back-band, and a case containing the T- shaped slot may be attached to the free end of the crupper without departing from the' spirit of my invention.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The metallic plate C, having its ends folded over the end of the back-straps A, and

provided with a T-shaped slot, in combination with the T-shaped head on the free end of the crupper-strap, substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a crupper-fastening, a pivoted T-v shaped head adapted to be turned down out of the way when not in use, substantially as set forth.

3. The pivoted T-shaped head D, provided ywith obliquely-bent part C, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. In a crupper-fastener, the combination of back-strap A, crupper-strap B, casing C, having slots a and b, and T-shaped head D, provided With oblique part e, all substantially as 

